Best Poems To Memorize - April 2024

Committed to Memory: 100 Best Poems to Memorize

Poet John Hollander has divided the poems into tales, sonnets, songs, meditations and counsels. Published in partnership with The Academy of American Poets.

• ASIN: 1885983158
• ASIN: 1885983158
• ISBN: 1885983158
• Brand: Brand: Books Co.
• Manufacturer: Turtle Point Press / Books & Co

100 Best-Loved Poems (Dover Thrift Editions)

Here are some of the most-loved poems in the English language, chosen not merely for their popularity, but for their literary quality as well. Dating from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, these splendid poems remain evergreen in their capacity to engage our minds and refresh our spirits.Among them are Marlowe: "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"; Shakespeare: "Sonnet XVIII" ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"); Donne: "Holy Sonnet X" ("Death, be not proud"); Marvell: "To His Coy Mistress"; Wordsworth: "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"; Shelley: "Ode to the West Wind"; Longfellow: "Th... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0486285537
• UPC: 800759285532
• ASIN: 0486285537
• ISBN: 0486285537
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: Dover Publications

Whisper and Shout: Poems to Memorize

From John Updike’s “Player Piano” to Walt Whitman’s “I Hear America Singing,” from Lucille Clifton’s “the earth is a living thing” to Gelett Burgess’s “The Purple Cow,” these poems tumble from children’s tongues and dance with their tapping toes. Whether joyous, rhythmic, solemn, or simple silly fun, poetry learned by heart has a lasting claim on children’s affections and a permanent home in their hearts. The introduction includes tips for teaching kids how to memorize poems. Vecchione presents a selection of verses with rhythms, themes, and wordplay that especially app... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0812626567
• ASIN: 0812626567
• ISBN: 0812626567
• Manufacturer: Cricket Books/Marcato

Poems to Learn by Heart

There's a poem to celebrate every moment in life-whether it's hitting a home run, watching a sunset, or laughing with your best friend. A poem is a gift of the heart that can inspire, reassure, or challenge us. Memorize it-share it-it's yours forever.In this diverse collection, a companion to her New York Times #1 best-seller A Family of Poems, Caroline Kennedy has chosen more than a hundred poems that speak to all of us: the young and young at heart, readers new to poetry and devoted fans. These poems explore deep emotions, as well as ordinary experiences. They cover the range of human experi... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1423108051
• ASIN: 1423108051
• ISBN: 1423108051
• Brand: Disney Press
• Manufacturer: Disney-Hyperion

Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings

• ASIN: 0060256672
• UPC: 201560256672
• ASIN: 0060256672
• ISBN: 0060256672
• Brand: Harper Collins
• Manufacturer: HarperCollins

The Best Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis loved literature, especially poetry. Once you can express yourself, she wrote, you can tell the world what you want from it. Now, Caroline Kennedy shares her mothers favorite poems by such renowned authors as William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, e.e. cummings, and Robert Frost. The book also includes a poem written by Jacqueline Kennedy and is illustrated with photographs of the Kennedy clan. This is a wonderful volume for reading aloud or by yourself and a meaningful gift or keepsake for Mothers Day.

• ASIN: 0786868090
• ASIN: 0786868090
• ISBN: 0786868090
• Manufacturer: Hyperion

Knock at a Star: A Child's Introduction to Poetry

The perfect classic anthology of poetry for today's young readers.A classic poetry anthology, Knock at a Star contains lively, interesting poems from the most beloved writers and poets of our time, past and present, including Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, Jack Prelutsky, Mary Ann Hoberman, and more! This anthology contains special kinds of poetry, such as haikus, songs, and limerick, and discusses with the reader what poems can do: make you laugh, send messages, and teach you about images and rhythm. A collection that is joyously assembled and will be joyously read!

• ASIN: 0316488003
• ASIN: 0316488003
• ISBN: 0316488003
• Brand: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

A Suitcase of Seaweed and other poems

A Suitcase of Seaweed is a collection of poems for teens. Poet Janet Wong was inspired by her Chinese and Korean heritage and her American childhood in writing these poems about race, identity, and the wide variety of emotions that a young adult feels. A New York Public Library Best Book for the Teen Age and a NCSS Notable Trade Book.

• ASIN: 1419698095
• ASIN: 1419698095
• ISBN: 1419698095
• Brand: Brand: BookSurge Publishing
• Manufacturer: BookSurge Publishing

A Student Guide to Chaucer's Middle English

A Student Guide to Chaucer's Middle English shows where Chaucer’s English came from, when it developed, and especially how to pronounce it. The guide contains information on the International Phonetic Alphabet, iambic pentameter, and the Great Vowel Shift. It also has word lists and transcription exercises. Refined during four decades of Beidler's own teaching, this booklet is now widely available for the first time.

• ASIN: 1603811028
• ASIN: 1603811028
• ISBN: 1603811028
• Manufacturer: Coffeetown Press

First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind: Level 3 Student Workbook (First Language Lessons)

First Language Lessons is a simple-to-use, scripted guide to grammar and composition that makes successful teaching simple―for both parents and teachers. The Level 3 Student Workbook (Grades 2-4) for First Language Lessons, used alongside the teacher's Level 3 Instructor Guide, gives teachers everything they need to spend more time teaching their students―and less time preparing lessons, making copies, or gathering supplies. It's all right here: inside this book, you'll find poems for memorization, empty sentence diagram frames, and blank lines perfectly sized for young students' copywork,... [Read More]

• ASIN: 193333908X
• ASIN: 193333908X
• ISBN: 193333908X
• Brand: Brand: Peace Hill Press
• Manufacturer: The Well-Trained Mind Press

First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind: Level 1 (Second Edition) (First Language Lessons)

A complete beginning grammar text that uses copywork, narration, picture study, and other classical techniques to develop the young student’s language ability. Scripted lessons give the teacher direction and confidence, while exquisite pencil reproductions of great paintings are used to encourage children in oral composition. Originally published as a single two-year volume, Level 1 (Grade 1, this book) and Level 2 (Grade 2, available separately) have been redesigned as two separate simple-to-use one-year programs. Grade Recommendation: Grade 1. Black-and-white illustrations

• ASIN: 1933339446
• ASIN: 1933339446
• ISBN: 1933339446
• Brand: Peace Hill Press
• Manufacturer: The Well-Trained Mind Press

The Poetry Home Repair Manual: Practical Advice for Beginning Poets

Ted Kooser has been writing and publishing poetry for more than forty years. In the pages of The Poetry Home Repair Manual, Kooser brings those decades of experience to bear. Here are tools and insights, the instructions (and warnings against instructions) that poets—aspiring or practicing—can use to hone their craft, perhaps into art. Using examples from his own rich literary oeuvre and from the work of a number of successful contemporary poets, the author schools us in the critical relationship between poet and reader, which is fundamental to what Kooser believes is poetry’s ultimate p... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0803259786
• ASIN: 0803259786
• ISBN: 0803259786
• Brand: Kooser, Ted
• Manufacturer: Bison Books

Fun-Schooling Spelling Journal - Ages 5 and Up: Teach Your Child to Read, Write and Spell (Homeschooling for Beginners) (Volume 3)

Fun-Schooling Spelling Journal - Ages 5 and Up: Teach Your Child to Read, Write and Spell (Homeschooling for Beginners) (Volume 3) A2-B2, ideal for ages 5+ (Kindergarten-4th grade) This book uses very creative ways of teaching children how to become naturally good spellers.There are 180 activity pages so that you can use one page per day during the school year. The method used is a unique approach for teaching visual thinkers who are artistic and intelligent, but may not be doing well with phonics and memorization. It has been said that if children can not learn the way we teach, we must tea... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1519187890
• ASIN: 1519187890
• ISBN: 1519187890
• Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Greek Today: A Course in the Modern Language and Culture

Greek Today presents an up-to-date communicative approach for students of Modern Greek. Aimed at the introductory to intermediate levels, it is a completely revised and expanded edition of the popular Demotic Greek I. Presenting material that relates to a wide range of cultural interests, the textbook offers twelve lessons with a total of sixty grammar points, all conveyed through dialogues that present the realities experienced by young people and adults in contemporary Greece. Lessons are supplemented by songs, poems, realia, images, and cultural texts. A large number of cartoons by Greece�... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1584650338
• ASIN: 1584650338
• ISBN: 1584650338
• Manufacturer: Dartmouth College Press

I'm Just No Good at Rhyming: And Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups

The instant New York Times bestseller featured on NPR's Weekend Edition with Scott Simon! B. J. Novak (bestselling author of The Book With No Pictures) described this groundbreaking poetry collection as "Smart and sweet, wild and wicked, brilliantly funny--it's everything a book for kids should be."Lauded by critics as a worthy heir to such greats as Silverstein, Seuss, Nash and Lear, Harris's hilarious debut molds wit and wordplay, nonsense and oxymoron, and visual and verbal sleight-of-hand in masterful ways that make you look at the world in a whole new wonderfully upside-down way. With ent... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316266574
• ASIN: 0316266574
• ISBN: 9780316266574
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Einstein Never Used Flashcards : How Our Children Really Learn--and Why They Need to Play More and Memorize Less

Two noted child psychologists condemn the growing trend toward accelerated learning and the pressure put upon parents to meet constant expectations, introducing a series of simple, creative games that parents can play with their child

• UPC: 2628528
• Rating: 4.0

Best Loved Poems of American People

Collection of the most popular American poems grouped by subject including Love and friendship, Inspiration, and Faith and

• UPC: 461703
• Rating: 4.667

Whisper and Shout : Poems to Memorize

A collection of poems on different subjects and in different styles, that lend themselves to

• UPC: 1738848
• Rating: 4.0

The 100 Best Poems of All Time

An anthology of poetry from around the world includes works by Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Keats, Poe, both Brownings, Dickinson, Eliot, Neruda, Plath, and Angelou, as well as poems and songs that have entered popular

• UPC: 1071285
• Rating: 4.0

The Best Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's favorite poems are collected here, selected by her daughter, including the work of Rudyard Kipling, William Shakespeare, Homer, Yeats, and Emily Dickinson, among others. 250,000 first

• UPC: 43151806
• Rating: 4.25

100 Best Poems for Children

Books : 100 Best Poems for Children (Puffin Poetry)

• UPC: 772242114
• Rating: 5.0

Best Remembered Poems - eBook

The 126 poems in this superb collection of 19th and 20th century British and American verse range from the impassioned "Renascence" of Edna St. Vincent Millay to Edward Lear's whimsical "The Owl and the Pussycat"

• UPC: 688015887
• Rating: 4.0

The Best Poems of the English Language : From Chaucer Through Robert Frost

The great critic presents his personal selection, with commentary, of the finest poems in the English

• UPC: 5330962
• Rating: 4.0

The Best of It : New and Selected Poems

Kay Ryan's recently concluded two-year term as the Library of Congress's sixteenth poet laureate is just the latest in an amazing array of accolades for this wonderfully accessible, widely loved poet--her awards include the Ruth

• UPC: 15226644
• Rating: 5.0

Memorize the Faith! (and Most Anything Else) : Using the Methods of the Great Catholic Medieval Memory Masters

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• UPC: 5619567
• Rating: 5.0

Committed to Memory : 100 Best Poems to Memorize

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Committed to Memory : 100 Best Poems to Memorize by John Hollander

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Committed to Memory: 100 Best Poems to Memorize

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Committed to Memory : 100 Best Poems to Memorize by Hollander, John

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Committed to Memory: 100 Best Poems to Memorize

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Committed to Memory : 100 Best Poems to Memorize by Hollander, John

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Committed to Memory : 100 Best Poems to Memorize

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Committed to Memory : 100 Best Poems to Memorize by John Hollander

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Committed to Memory : 100 Best Poems to Memorize (ExLib)

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COMMITTED TO MEMORY: 100 BEST POEMS TO MEMORIZE By John Hollander - Hardcover VG

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• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 14 USD